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Florida mother charged after alleged exorcism leads to son’s death

Detectives found Ra’myl Pierre after a welfare check prompted by his two-week school absence.

Stock photo from a shooting in Royal Oak, MI May 14th 2018.
St. Lucie County Sheriff’s officials are investigating the suspicious death of a 6-year-old child in the 2500 block of Bedford Drive after the child hadn’t shown up to school for about two weeks, according to the Sheriff’s Office.
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Overview

  • Investigators discovered the child’s body on May 30 during a welfare check by school resource deputies.
  • They believe he died on May 18, the day Rhonda Paulynice last spoke with him.
  • Paulynice told investigators she was commanded by God to exorcise demons from her son’s body.
  • Paulynice faces second-degree murder, failure to report a death and altering a body charges; she is held without bond.
  • An autopsy is pending to determine the official cause and manner of Ra’myl’s death; detectives continue to process the scene and interview witnesses.